Capolago
| Capolago | |
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Ticino (TI)
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| District : | Mendrisio district |
| Circle : | Riva San Vitale |
| Municipality : | Mendrisio |
| Postal code : | 6825 |
| Coordinates : | 719 672 / 84889 |
| Height : | 273 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 1.8 km² |
| Residents: | 768 (December 31, 2007) |
| Population density : | 427 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | mendrisio.ch/quartieri/capolago/ |
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Capolago ( Lombard Cudelag [kudeˈlaːg] , younger Capulag [kapuˈlag] ; German historically Gotlag ) is a village in the political municipality of Mendrisio in the Swiss canton of Ticino .
geography
The village is located at the southern end of an arm of Lake Lugano ; the place name literally means "at the head of the lake". Immediately west of Capolago is Riva San Vitale , north of Melano and south and east of Mendrisio.
history
The municipality is first mentioned in 1296 as Codelago . The castle, built in 1365, was destroyed by the Confederates in 1517. The village church of Santa Maria Maddalena dates from the 14th century and was rebuilt in the 16th century.
After a referendum held on November 25, 2007, the previously independent municipalities of Arzo , Capolago, Genestrerio , Rancate and Tremona were incorporated into the municipality of Mendrisio on April 5, 2009.
population
| Population development | ||||||||||
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| year | 1591 | 1643 | 1789 | 1801 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2007 | 2018 |
| Residents | 100 | 142 | 139 | 171 | 296 | 360 | 527 | 758 | 768 | 852 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of Santa Maria Maddalena
- Rectory (1665/1673) with fresco by the painter Antonio Rinaldi
- Former Tipografia Elvetica: printer and bookshop founded by Vincenzo Borsa von Melano on October 9, 1830 in Capolago, with decorative paintings from the school of Luigi Scrosati (1848/1849)
Culture
- Nuove Edizioni di Capolago (NEC)
tourism
- Cogwheel railway Capolago – Monte Generoso: From the station of the Swiss Federal Railways the Ferrovia Monte Generoso leads to the summit of Monte Generoso , at the foot of which lies Capolago.
Personalities
literature
- Stefania Bianchi: Capolago. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 18, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
- Giuseppe Martinola : Capolago. In: Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 104-114.
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Capolago. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 417.
- Celestino Trezzini : Capolago. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 2: Brusino - Caux. Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 490 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Capolago on the ETHorama platform
- Website of the municipality of Mendrisio
- Data from the municipality of Mendrisio
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Mendrisio
- Quartier Capolago on the website of the municipality of Mendrisio (Italian)
- Capolago: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Capolago on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 218.
- ↑ e-rara.ch
- ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Capolago. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Population of Capolago at the end of 2018
- ↑ a b c Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 417.
- ^ Carlo Agliati: Tipografia Elvetica. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 25, 2012 .
- ↑ Nuove Edizioni di Capolago in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 6, 2016.)
